Tons of hits from local address

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A few hundred queries is not quite "tons of hits".

You have several options:

Use the configuration parameter ANALYZE_ONLY_A_AND_AAAA=true per the documentation:

Configuration - Pi-hole documentation

Use the Pi-hole DHCP server and you won't need conditional forwarding to show individual clients:

How do I use Pi-hole's built in DHCP server (and why would I want to)?

Using Your Existing Router For Network-wide Ad Blocking You might not need to use Pi-hole's DHCP server: In many home environments, your router also functions as your DHCP server. In this case, you can often set Pi-hole to be the DNS server for your network clients in the router's DHCP (or LAN) settings page, which allows all of your network clients to block ads simply by connecting to the network. Setting it up this way is also what makes Pi-hole very powerful for network-wide ad blocking. W…